Its offically Fall and now October, my favorite month of the year! This month also happens to contain my favorite holiday; Halloween! We have seen our favorite characters become Rockstars in the past 10 years or so. So, in celebration of the wonderful characters we love (or love to hate), I will be showcasing the coolest costumes and Halloween ideas for you here. This week is Harry Potter!
HAVE A HARRY POTTER HALLOWEEN PARTY!
Birthday Express has a super cool party pack with settings and fun stuff for 8. It includes: 8 invitations, dinner plates, cups, forks, spoons, activity placemats, 16 napkins, tablecover, centerpiece, mylar balloon, 24 balloons (2 colors), crepe paper rolls (2 colors), curling ribbon (2 colors), confetti and cake candles.
Go here to purchase your Party Pack.
SERVE POTTER GOODIES!
Dibs at www.recipezaar.com posted this fun recipe.
Harry Potter’s Pumpkin Juice Mix
- 1/2 cup regular iced tea mix powder
- 1 cup orange breakfast drink mix, like Tang
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
Measure all ingredients into a clean dry jar. Stir or shake well. To serve: 2-3 heaping tsp with 1 mug hot water. Serve hot or chilled. Serves 15-20.
www.candywarehouse.com has lots of Harry Potter candies, like Blood Pops, Chocolate Frogs, Bertie Bott’s Jelly Beans and Jelly Slugs. Go here to purchase them!
CARVE A POTTER PUMPKIN!
www.Zombiepumpkins.com has some really cool Pumpkin carving ideas. You can join up with their site to print up the templates!
ENTER THAT PUMPKIN INTO A CONTEST!
www.the-leaky-cauldron.org has a Harry Potter Themed Pumpkin Carving Contest going on right now.
Carve out a pumpkin and make an HP themed Jack O’Lantern in your favorite Halloween style and submit a photograph of it for judging. Your work can be scary or amusing or even a simple portrait of your favorite HP character but it must be your work. You do the carving. And it must be carved please; no painted pumpkins will be accepted since a painted pumpkin is not a Jack O’Lantern. If pumpkins are scarce or cost prohibitive in your area you may substitute an alternate fruit or vegetable that lends itself to carving.
Go here to read the rules and learn more.
AND FINALLY, GET A COSTUME!
There are oodles of cool Harry Potter costumes available from www.WBshop.com. That means they are the officially licensed costumes, yay! You just need to decide, do you want to a good guy or a bad guy?
BE ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS!
OR BE A BADDIE!
Go here to see all of the Harry Potter costumes available.
HAVE A FUN AND SAFE HALLOWEEN!
